Roncesvalles neighbourhood Neapolitan pizza and natural wine — Una is the kind of Italian-focused neighbourhood restaurant every area needs: proper Neapolitan pizza technique, a carefully chosen all-Italian wine list focused on natural and artisan producers, and a warm room that becomes the neighbourhood's dinner party.
Neighbourhood: Roncesvalles · Address: Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON · Hours: Mon–Thu 5:00 – 9:30 PM | Fri–Sat 12:00 – 10:00 PM | Sun 12:00 – 9:30 PM · Price Range: $$ · Phone: (416) 534-4414 · Editorial status: Not yet verified
Una Pizza + Wine nails Neapolitan pizza with a chewy, charred crust and pairs it with a seriously curated list of natural Italian wines, all in a casually elegant Roncesvalles setting.
Unlike many Toronto pizza spots, Una keeps the focus entirely Italian—every wine on the list is from boutique Italian producers, and the pizzas follow strict Neapolitan methods with a wood-fired oven. Their rotating selection of natural and low-intervention wines is rare for a neighbourhood spot and lets you try something unique every visit.
Una Pizza + Wine on Roncesvalles Avenue is the neighbourhood restaurant that Roncesvalles Village has built its dinner culture around — a combination of proper Neapolitan pizza technique and a wine list focused on Italian natural and artisan producers that provides an evening's worth of discovery in a room that feels genuinely local rather than self-consciously curated.
The wine list is Una's distinguishing feature among Toronto's Neapolitan pizza restaurants. The selection — built from Italian small producers making wines outside the DOC mainstream, focusing on natural fermentation, low sulfite addition, and organic farming — represents a coherent curatorial point of view. The orange wines (skin-contact white wines with tannins and oxidative character), the amphora-fermented Greco di Tufo, the volcanic Etna Bianco: these are wines that reward engagement and curiosity rather than recognition of familiar labels.
The Neapolitan pizza technique at Una holds the standard: 72-hour fermented dough, San Marzano tomatoes, fresh fior di latte from an Italian-Canadian dairy, wood-fired oven calibrated to the 450°C range. The Margherita is the baseline quality check; the seasonal special (whatever the kitchen is doing with current best ingredients) is often the most interesting order.
The Roncesvalles neighbourhood context is worth noting: Una is surrounded by Polish bakeries, the Revue Cinema (Toronto's oldest operating repertory cinema), and the Sorauren Park community — a neighbourhood identity that is culturally distinct from the more fashionable west-end corridors and genuinely welcoming in the way that restaurants anchored in real communities tend to be.
Una focuses on Italian natural and artisan wine producers — small estates making wines outside the DOC mainstream with organic farming, natural fermentation, and low sulfite addition. The list includes orange wines, amphora-fermented whites, and volcanic island reds that you won't find on conventional restaurant lists.
Una maintains proper Neapolitan technique: 72-hour fermented dough, San Marzano tomatoes, fior di latte mozzarella, and a wood-fired oven at 450°C+. The result is the classic blistered, soft-centered pizza with charred cornicione.
Excellent for a date — the combination of serious wine and excellent pizza in a warm neighbourhood room is a winning combination. Book a table, let the staff guide the wine selection, and enjoy the Roncesvalles neighbourhood for dessert.
Yes — Una takes reservations and they fill on weekend evenings. Book online or call in advance, particularly for Friday and Saturday.
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